exhaust questions

[Lucalare]

What a hack job! I wouldn't drive that until you get the wiring cleaned up. using electrical tape like that is ridiculous, it'll just melt, and wire nuts are NOT meant for use outside, any bit of moisture and your wires are done for.

[whiterider00]

Originally Posted by Cliff8928

If you wanted, I could make plug-in extension for your oxygen sensor that looks factory original. Either to use the original sensor or a heated (v6) sensor.

i might have you do that.

im going back to the shop monday morning and asking wtf they did. all im gonna ask for is some money back to buy a new sensor, and the wiring harness to extend it. if they dont do that, i can always report them to the bbb.

my wife is loving this whole situation because she didnt really want me doing the exhaust in the first place, and now she gets to laugh about it.

[whiterider00]

going in the morning to get the 4 wire heated o2 sensor, and im gonna ask if they have any sort of extension. if not, this is the right thing to get correct? and as far as what to buy to quiet it down, would a glasspack type muffler work well, or something like this which i guess has perforations inside, which might help quiet it down more. basically whatever will make it quietest is what im looking for.

sorry if all these questions are getting confusing, im just trying to make sure i get what im looking for, and dont pay more money for something and have it turn out shitty like it has thus far.

[Ttop191]

I'd pull off the resonator and throw in a glass pack if it were me...should really quiet it down...

[whiterider00]

i thought about that, but then wouldnt it be a bit raspy with out the resonator? im gonna try to find somewhere to stick another muffler in, but if theres no space then the resonator is coming out.

[Ttop191]

Nah shouldn't be raspy, basically a resonator is just a miniature muffler

[AleroB888]

Many times a resonator is used to reduce the loud "drone" heard inside the car as a result of the long length of pipe from CAT to muffler. The problem is, trial and error is usually the only way to get the results you want.

[Cliff8928]

Originally Posted by whiterider00

going in the morning to get the 4 wire heated o2 sensor, and im gonna ask if they have any sort of extension. if not, this is the right thing to get correct? and as far as what to buy to quiet it down, would a glasspack type muffler work well, or something like this which i guess has perforations inside, which might help quiet it down more. basically whatever will make it quietest is what im looking for.

sorry if all these questions are getting confusing, im just trying to make sure i get what im looking for, and dont pay more money for something and have it turn out shitty like it has thus far.

They're probably not going to have an extension for it at all... I could make one that would use the exact OE delphi connections.

[whiterider00]

if its gonna cost less than the $20ish like the one on ebay, and you can get it to me quickly, ill gladly buy from you. just let me know.

and for everything else, im gonna get that magnaflow muffler posted; should be quieter than the glasspack, even tho its like 3x as expensive. i really only want to do this once (well twice).

[Cliff8928]

Well, it's just over 15 bucks for the associated connectors and materials, plus the TXL wire needed (4 colors). So it would run around 20 bucks or so depending on where I'd have to get the wire. Just need the lead time to attain all the materials.

[whiterider00]

pm'd

[whiterider00]

so...i stopped by the shop yesterday morning. told them i had some concerns with the wiring they did when they did the exhaust. the woman at the desk said, "well we dont do any wiring, we dont touch any of that when we do exhaust, we dint even have wire here to do that." ummm...theres like 2 feet of extra wire under my hood, it had to get there somehow. so i talked with the guy who did the exhaust about it. asked him what type of wire it was cuz it looked like it was bigger gauge. he said "its normal gauge wire". whatever the eff that means. i asked about the connectors they used, he said they were fine. i asked about water getting in and corroding it, and according to him, theres no way water can get on the wires...that are exposed to the underside of the car...he said he cud put some watertight connectors on if i want. i said no, ill take care of it but if i have any issues im coming back and u guys are fixing anything that goes wrong free of charge. so im not all that happy with this place, but i did manage to swap the connectors they used with some normal butt connectors and shrink tubing, and it seems to be running a little better. may just be placebo effect. ill have to wait to see how it runs when i get the heated o2 sensor in.

while i was under the car fixing the wiring, i noticed there is really no room to add in a muffler to quiet it down, so i have to remove the resonator, and stick the new muffler in there. hopefully it quiets it down a bit, my head is starting to hurt.

p.s. sorry for the novel. lol

[jhubbz]

Originally Posted by widbyj

A Dynomax VT muffler is similar to the greddy, at normal driving it acts like a real muffler but at high flow a valve opens and it flows straight through. Price is much better, $100 at Summit, and is fairly small.

I checked this out and looks pretty sweet! I've been going back n forth about what muffler to get and looks like this is the winner. Only thing is.... which model fits? does the length matter or would any 2.5" fit?

[jhubbz]

sorry for thread jack btw

[Gr1m]

just looks like a ~16ga speaker wire to me not a household wire lol

[Greencoupe2.2]

It looks like a cut up extension cord not in wall romex wiring

[widbyj]

Originally Posted by jhubbz

I checked this out and looks pretty sweet! I've been going back n forth about what muffler to get and looks like this is the winner. Only thing is.... which model fits? does the length matter or would any 2.5" fit?

I can't say exactly which would fit best without getting back under the car to measure, sorry... Probably any of them can be made to work but it is best to measure and plan first. I'm thinking of swapping out my HushMaster someday just to see. I've found that if I drive like a granny people don't stare but that's no fun.

[whiterider00]

Originally Posted by Gr1m

just looks like a ~16ga speaker wire to me not a household wire lol

Ya, i took a look and thats what it looks like. Confused me cuz the insulation is thicker than the other wires. So it shud work for now til i get the harness for the 4 wire sensor.

[Cliff8928]

Solution....

[whiterider00]

woohoo!